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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1972
Page
1
Apollo 17 crews completed final Lunar Module inspections in preparation for a 2:47 p.m. EST Sunday burn into lunar orbit and the first manned landing in a volcanic ash laden canyon. Mission Control reported no problems and the crew adjusted clocks after a delay.
Texas lawyer Robert Strauss was elected DNC chair in Washington after Jean Westwood resigned following an ouster attempt. Strauss, a Dallas resident and former party treasurer, pledged to keep reform, call himself a centrist and insist he serves the party, not any bloc, without sacrificing principles.
Kansas City UPI reports former president Harry S Truman, 88, resting better after a difficult period with infection and heart strain. He whispered “Yes” when asked if he felt better as doctors say he tolerates feedings and shows signs of strength.
White House aide Kissinger completed a week of secret peace negotiations with Hanoi representatives and set a Monday session. Haig flies to Washington to brief Nixon as a Sunday technical meeting between U.S. and North Vietnamese experts is arranged, a first in 42 years of Paris talks.
Robert S. Strauss, a former FBI agent turned broadcasting executive, banker and lawyer, is the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He entered national politics in 1968 from Texas and has served as treasurer since March 1970 under O'Brien, resigning after McGovern's nomination to lead the McGovern reelect effort.
Two more bodies were recovered, bringing the death toll from Friday's United Airlines crash to 45 in a residential area near Midway Airport. Eighteen aboard survived, including all three flight crew members and three stewardesses. Investigators sought the cause, noting a missed approach instruction moments before disappearance.
In Chicago a purse believed to belong to Mrs. FE Hunt contained 100 dollar bills totaling 10 000 and 585 in smaller notes. Police recovered the cash from the wreckage of United Airlines flight 533. Mrs Hunt, 52, of Potomac Maryland, was killed in the crash amid federal Watergate connections involving her husband.
Fierce ground fighting in South Vietnam waned on Saturday though Viet Cong forces moved toward the Saigon area. U S bombers pounded supply lines for a fourth day while raids around the DMZ intensified to halt North Vietnamese movement. The Saigon press hinted at a broader cabinet to include anti Communist parties.
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